Living Torah Archives

The Twelfth and Thirteenth of Tammuz marks the release of Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Scheersohn, the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, from Soviet imprisonment. His self-sacrifice on behalf of Jews of all stripes serves as a testament to the true nature of leadership.

The Torah relates that when the Jewish people were preparing to enter the land of Israel, Moses sent spies to scout out the city of Ya’azer and its environs, which the Jews would have to cross in order to enter the Holy Land.